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Israeli hacktivist group predatory Sparrow claimed he hacked and defeated Iranian bank Sepa on Tuesday. The group, also known as the Persian name Gonjeshke Darande, argued for the responsibility of the X's hack. “Gonjeshke Darande” carried out a cyberattack that destroyed data from the Islamic Revolutionary Security Force “Bank Sepa,” the group wrote. The group claimed that Sepa Bank is an agency that “averts international sanctions and uses Iranian money people to fund the regime's terrorist proxies, ballistic missile programs and military nuclear programs. Do you have more information about predatory sparrows? Or other hacking groups operating in Israel and…

Meta's competitor, Instagram Thread, launched two new features on Tuesday as part of its plans to further integrate with the open social web, known as Fediverse. Now, thread users can view posts from other users in Fediverse in their dedicated feed if they select Fediverse to share with the thread. Additionally, people can search for Fediverse users directly in threads. Posts from Federated users can be found in the following tabs in the threads app: However, it is not in line with other posts from thread users. Instead, tap on the link at the top of the feed to view…

According to a new Nielsen report, streaming services outperformed both cable and network television in overall viewership among Americans for the first time in May. Last month, streaming services accounted for 44.8% of all television viewers, the largest share to date. Nielsen found that total cable and network television viewers account for 44.2% of all television viewers. Compared to May 2021, streaming usage is up 71%, broadcasting is down 21%, and cables are down 39%. The report also shows that YouTube had the highest viewership at 12.5%. Netflix followed 7.5% of its total viewership that month. Nielsen points out that…

Due to Tiktok's deadline, a new decentralized social media app launched its beta to the public on Tuesday, as it sells its US business just two days apart. Own is the latest alternative to Tiktok. It features not only short videos but also swipeable feeds of text postings, images and other features such as direct messaging. However, the new apps aim to disrupt the market by leveraging blockchain technology and the token economy. Most notably, content creators in your app can earn revenue without the minimum requirements for follower counts or post counts. The app was developed by Amir Kaltak…

Social networks have strengthened terms of use for scrapers and bots that crave websites to train AI models. A few days after X, owned by Elon Musk, updated its term and explicitly banned AI model training, today's decentralized social network Mastodon has updated its own rules banning all kinds of model training. “We explicitly prohibit user data scraping for fraudulent purposes, such as archival models or large-scale language model (LLM) training. We want to make it clear that LLM for mastodon users' data is not permitted.” New terms that will be applied to social networks starting July 1 include legal…

Food distribution giant United Natural Food (UNFI) said it is making “great progress” in recovering from cyberattacks that occurred almost two weeks ago as North American grocery stores rely on distributors continue to report food shortages. In its Sunday update, UNFI said it is restoring the electronic ordering system that customers use to place orders for grocery stores and supermarkets. The company, which offers more than 30,000 stores across the US and Canada with fresh ingredients and other products, was hit by a cyber attack on June 5th, and the company disclosed it a few days later. UNFI has yet…

The UK Data Protection Watchdog has fined 23andme £2.31 million ($3.1 million) for failing to protect the individual and genetic data of UK residents prior to the 2023 data breaches. The Information Committee (ICO) said Tuesday it fined the genetic testing company for “there were no additional verification procedures for users to access and download raw genetic data” during the cyberattack. In 2023, hackers stole private data about their campaigns of over 6.9 million users' by accessing thousands of accounts using stolen credentials. 23AndMe did not require users to use multifactor authentication. The ICO said it has violated UK data…

Amazon has announced that Prime Day 2025 will be held from July 8th to 11th, extending its annual sales event to four days this year. Amazon says consumers can shop “pantry staples and snacks for summer gatherings, home improvement essentials, back to school supplies, health and personal care discoveries, family favorite toys, bestselling books, pet essentials, and even premium and gorgeous splurges.” Amazon is introducing “Today's Biggest” for the first time. It is based on the theme of daily drops, featuring limited time trading. Prime Day was a success last year as U.S. consumers spent $14.2 billion on sales events,…

Adobe is taking part in the quest to attract users to the platform for AI needs. In April, the company launched a redesigned Firefly web app that allows users to use Adobe's own Firefly image and video generation models, as well as third-party models. Currently, you can release the Firefly app on both iOS and Android, and use all models and OpenAI (GPT Image Generation), Google (Imagen 3 and Veo 2), and Flux (Flux 1.1 Pro) models. Like web apps, the new smartphone app allows you to use the prompts to generate images and videos, as well as convert images…

The California District Court on Monday rejected Apple's request to abandon a class action lawsuit claiming iPhone makers are violating competition laws by forcing devices to back up important files and device settings from iCloud, a cloud storage service. The complaint also accused Apple of not allowing third-party cloud services to access certain files and preventing them from providing “full-service” storage that competes with iCloud. US District Judge Eumi Lee previously dismissed the case, but said the plaintiffs had not fully stated the claim. The plaintiffs then filed their second amended complaint earlier this year, with the judge finding that…